A
woman has been subjected to the brutal torture of s*xual assault by
some herdsmen who proceeded to attack her husband on their farm.
File photo used only for illustrative purpose
Some herdsmen have reportedly r*ped a woman and then beat her
husband to a pulp, weekend, at a farm in Ubuneke-Ivbiaro, Owan East
Local Government Area of Edo State.
According to Vanguard, husband of the r*pe victim, Umoru Agunu,
said armed herdsmen, numbering six, invaded his farm at about 10.30a.m.
on Sunday, beat him up and r*ped his wife.
According to him, “no sooner had I arrived at my farm with my
wife than I saw six armed herdsmen demanding for my phone. When I told
them I don’t have any, they beat me up mercilessly and two of them r*ped
my wife. They were also with a young woman, who probably is their
victim.”
Commenting on the incident, Yakubu Ibrahim, one of the community
leaders, noted that armed herdsmen have laid siege on the community.
Ibrahim added that the Sunday incident had been reported to the
Divisional Police Officer in Afuze, the administrative headquarters of
Owan East Local Government, who promised to send his men to comb the
bushes along with the volunteer vigilantes.
Contacted, Head of Local Government Administration, Owan East Local
Government, Akeens Ade-Akhani, said the council was aware of the
situation in the area, saying his admini-stration have been mobilising
policemen and vigilantes to Ivbiaro-Auchi Road.
He said the security challenges in Ivbiaro, Warrake, Ihievbe and
other parts of the local government have been reported to the state
government to empower the council’s vigilante group with the necessary
incentives and manpower to provide security.
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